The series awarded international championships or cups to the most successful drivers, teams, and manufacturers in each of the series' categories over the course of a season. Points were awarded based on individual race results, with the highest tally of points winning the respective championship or cup.[7] Points were awarded to the top six finishers from 1997 to 2002.[8][9] This was modified in 2003 to allow the top eight finishers to earn points.[10] Bonus points were awarded to participants who had completed six and twelve hours of the Spa 24 Hours race from 2002 until 2008.[11][12] The highest awards in the series were the FIA GT1 Drivers' Championship and the FIA GT1 Teams' Championship, both of which centered around participants in the GT1 category.[7] The champions were not officially crowned until the FIA Prize Giving Ceremony held in Monaco in December following the conclusion of the season.[13]
At the end of the 2009 season, 30 drivers won an FIA GT title. There were 17 drivers who won a Drivers' Championship in either of the GT1 or GT2 categories and there were 15 racers who won titles in either of the GT or N-GT classes.[14]Michael Bartels, Andrea Bertolini and Christophe Bouchut were the most successful FIA GT Championship drivers with three championships each.[15][16] In six seasons, only one driver was crowned champion in their category, rather than two, because their regular co-driver did not participate in all of the races. German drivers won more titles than any other nationality with eleven, followed by Italian racers with ten and French drivers with six.[14][16]Vitaphone Racing Team won the most Teams' Championships in any category with five and AF Corse were in second place with four championships. Ferrari were the most successful car manufacturer in the series with three Manufacturers' Cup titles, ahead of Maserati with two.[15]
A Manufacturers' Cup was introduced for the 2005 season and was awarded in both the GT1 and GT2 categories through 2007; it was not awarded in 2008 and was limited to the GT2 class in 2009.[1][29]
The Citation Cup was introduced by the SRO in partnership with Cessna Citation in 2007 for non-professional racing drivers participating in the GT1 category over a series of eight rounds.[36][37] There was a lack of eligible non-professional drivers throughout the 2008 season, so the FIA moved it to the GT2 class for seven races in 2009.[38][39]
^Michael Bartels and Timo Scheider were declared provisional champions after Gardel's car was disqualified by the stewards from the season-ending round in Bahrain. An appeal by Larbre Compétition was upheld by the FIA, reinstating Gardel's GT1 Drivers' Championship win.[18]
^Both JMB Competition and RWS Motorsport were tied on points at the end of the 2001 season. JMB were declared champions because they won five races to RWS's two.[28]
^ abGalpin, Darren; Young, Rob; Korzan, Nicolás; Costa, Paulo; Ullrich, Andreas; Jones, Mark Alan (16 January 2024). "Lower category champions – FIA GT Championship". 8W. Forix. Archived from the original on 13 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
^Mercier, Laurent (24 February 2009). "La Citation Cup Trouve Refuge En GT2" [The Citation Cup Finds Refuge in GT2]. Endurance-Info (in French). Archived from the original on 11 March 2009. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
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